It takes six weeks to six months to go away and it's
highly contagious. Ringworm is a form of athlete�s
foot but cats can't catch that. If you're very lucky
it will go away quickly. If not you could end up
throwing away all your furniture and carpets.
Most creams don't work. There's a very strong
medication you and the kitten can take internally but
doctors and vets only use it as a last resort.
Another problem is re-infecting. Get the carpets and
the furniture steam cleaned then sweep and vacuum and
put the kitten in a box or cage so it doesn't
contaminate everything.
I think it takes 12 days for the cultures to come back
confirming ringworm so they still might not have it.
The woods? lamp isn't always accurate.
Bleach is the only thing that really kills it but it's
not safe. In the end when I had it I used a cotton
swap in bleach and dabbed it on the spots on my body.
This was after several months and the third outbreak.
Sorry to scare you like this but you need to know what
you could be up against.
The breeder also has to know and depending on the
state they might have to confine all their cats. If
the breeder has other cats with ringworm and didn't
tell you laws might have been broken.
-sm
--- Adam Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Me and my fiance are looking to get a kitten, as I
> have mentioned in
> previous posts. We just found out today that she,
> the kitten not my
> fiance, has ringworm on her tail, but who knows
> where else it might
> show up?? So we have some major concerns about
> throwing down a couple
> hundred for this kitten. Is this a valid concern or
> is this something
> that is common. It might be important to note that
> we are looking at
> Persian cats. Also if anyone has ever had a pet with
> ringworm what was
> your experience with anyone getting it from the pet?
>
> Adam H
>
>
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